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Maysville digs out after snow blankets small river town

After much of the Bluegrass was blanketed by heavy snowfall Friday night, all 22 square miles of the people of Maysville, a picture-perfect river town covered in white, expressed a sense of satisfaction by nightfall Saturday.

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Updated: 8:00 PM EST Jan 23, 2016

Maysville digs out after snow blankets small river town

After much of the Bluegrass was blanketed by heavy snowfall Friday night, all 22 square miles of the people of Maysville, a picture-perfect river town covered in white, expressed a sense of satisfaction by nightfall Saturday.

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Updated: 8:00 PM EST Jan 23, 2016

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WEBVTT US A LOOK.JOHN?JOHN: WE ARE IN THE HEART OFMAYSVILLE WE ARE JUST AN HOUR, UPRIVER FROM DOWNTOWNCINCINNATI, WHERE DOWNTOWNMAYSVILLE IS SNOWBOUND BUT YOU, WOWOT FIND A PY PARTY HERE,THIS RIVER TOWN ACCORDING TOAUTHORITIES WAS BRACED FOR THIS.RESIDENTS WERE PREPARED.AND FOR CLEANUP TODAY, THESATURDAY SUN WAS MAYSVILLE'SBEST FRIEND.ROAD CREWS HAVE PUT IN FIFTEENHOUR DAYS AND THOSE LONG HOURSAREN'T OVER YET.DRIFTING IS A PROBLEM ON RURALSTRETCHES LIKE KEY PIKE.STATE CREWS HAVE BEEN BUSYTHROUGH THE DAY CLEARING LANESTHAT CONNECT TO MAIN HIGHWAYS.PLACES LIKE HILL CITY ROAD WHEREYOU JUST HAVE TO BE PATIENT ASWORKERS SHOVEL THIS STORM OFFTHE PAVEMENT.PARTS OF MASON COUNTY GOTWALLOPED WITH 8 TO NINE INCHES.OTHER PARTS, LIKE DOWNTOWNMAYSVILLE, ENDURED ABOUT SIX.COLLISIONS WERE KEPT TO AMINIMUM AS RESIDENTS LARGELYHEEDED ADVICE TO AVOID TRAVELLAST NIGHT.THAT WAS KEY.PLOWS WERE BUSY ALL DAY GEGEINGDOWNTOWN STREETS PASSABLE AGAIN.BUT, NOW COMES THE NIGHTTIME ANDNO REST. >> MY BIGGEST CONCERN NOW, JOHN,IS THE WIND.WE HAD THE SUN ON OUR SIDETODAY.BUT TONIGHT THE TEMPS ARE GOINGTO FALL.IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE 5 ABOVE INTHE MORNING.WINDS ANYWHERE 10, 15, 20 MILESAN HOUR.WHEN YOU HAVE WIND LIKE THAT,YOU GOT A LOT OF DRIFTING.JN: JOE BROWN AND THE 10 GUYSON HIS ROAD CREW COVERING 2HUNDRED RD MILES, HAVE ANOTHERLONG NIGHT AHEAD OF THEM.COMING UP AT 6:00

Maysville digs out after snow blankets small river town

After much of the Bluegrass was blanketed by heavy snowfall Friday night, all 22 square miles of the people of Maysville, a picture-perfect river town covered in white, expressed a sense of satisfaction by nightfall Saturday.